Vikings GM Spielman: Too much draft talk

Vikings general manager Rick Spielman liked having the NFL draft moved back two weeks this year because he was tied up with a coaching search. As for the future, Spielman doesn't like that schedule.

"For the future, I think it's a long drawn-out process and you guys (the media) talk too much," he said. "There was too much stuff going on out there. I don't discredit (the media), but it's like, you guys are getting to the point where how much more do you have to write? You've been writing about it for a month and a half."

For this year, though, Spielman said having the draft scheduled for May 8-10 gave the Vikings extra time to replace fired coach Leslie Frazier, and for new coach Mike Zimmer to put together a staff.

"Going through a coaching search, I put a lot of time and energy (into that), and then the extra two weeks really helped me get caught up," Spielman said. "Plus, the flood of juniors that came out, the record number of juniors. ... It really helped me get everything done."

The Vikings this year also moved back by two weeks their draft meetings, beginning eight days of them April 21.

"We didn't want to have to sit there and keep that (draft) board up and stare at it for a month," Spielman said. "We wanted to do it as the exact same schedule like we've done in the past."